Govt. not seeking ₹3.6 lakh crore from RBI: DEA Secretary

He said the only proposal “under discussion is to fix appropriate economic capital framework of RBI.”

The government on Friday said it is not seeking ₹3.6 lakh crore capital from the Reserve Bank but is only in discussion for fixing appropriate economic capital framework of the Central Bank.

“Lot of misinformed speculation is going around in media. Government’s fiscal math is completely on track. There is no proposal to ask RBI to transfer ₹3.6 or 1 lakh crore, as speculated,” Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg tweeted.

He said the only proposal “under discussion is to fix appropriate economic capital framework of RBI.”

Exuding confidence about government’s fiscal math, he said, it will stick to the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent for the current financial year ending March 31, 2019.

“Government’s FD (fiscal deficit) in FY 2013-14 was 5.1%. From 2014-15 onwards, government has succeeded in bringing it down substantially. We will end the FY 2018-19 with FD of 3.3%. Government has actually foregone 70,000 crore of budgeted market borrowing this year,” he said.